Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Belongs to Ginglymostoma according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

See also Herman 1977

Sister taxa: Ginglymostoma angolense, Ginglymostoma botmaense, Ginglymostoma chenanei, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma cuspidata, Ginglymostoma erramii, Ginglymostoma khouribgaense, Ginglymostoma lithuanica, Ginglymostoma magrebianum, Ginglymostoma malembeense, Ginglymostoma maroccanum, Ginglymostoma pectinatum, Ginglymostoma serra, Ginglymostoma sokotoense

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Mississippi, Virginia collections)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Morocco (6), United States (2: Arkansas, Mississippi)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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